How Old 100 Iconic Stars Would Be If They Were Alive Today

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There are countless stars and public figures who we wish were still with us. Some died tragically young , others lived until a ripe, old age that still wasn’t enough for their fans. It’s anyone’s guess what else these celebrities could have achieved if they had lived to see this year, but we do know what age they would be. So read on to learn how old these 100 iconic, late stars would be in 2021.

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Robin Williams - 2

Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock

Born: July 21, 1951

Died: Aug. 11, 2014

Jim Morrison in 1970 - 3

Andrew Maclear/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Born: Dec. 8, 1943

Died: July 3, 1971

Mary Tyler Moore Show - 4

PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Dec. 29, 1936

Died: Jan. 25, 2017

Whitney Houston - 5

Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Born: Aug. 9, 1963

Died: Feb. 11, 2012

John Candy - 6

Vicki L. Miller/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 31, 1950

Died: Mar. 4, 1994

Carrie Fisher - 7

Joe Seer/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 21, 1956

Died: Dec. 27, 2016

Chadwick Boseman - 8

DFree/Shutterstock

Born: Nov. 29, 1976

Died: Aug. 28, 2020

Sylvia Plath - 9

Bettman/Contributor/Getty Images

Born: Oct. 27, 1932

Died: Feb. 11, 1963

River Phoenix - 10

George Rose/Getty Images

Born: Aug. 23, 1970

Died: Oct. 31, 1993

Bernie Mac - 11

Tinseltown/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 5, 1957

Died: Aug. 9, 2008

Princess Diana receiving flowers - 12

Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images

Born: July 1, 1961

Died: Aug. 31, 1997

James Dean in 1955 - 13

Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Born: Feb. 1, 1931

Died: Sep. 30, 1955

Elvis Presley - 14

Wikimedia Commons/Ollie Atkins

Born: Jan. 8, 1935

Died: Aug. 16, 1977

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Anna Nicole Smith - 15

Tinseltown/Shutterstock

Born: Nov. 28, 1967

Died: Feb. 8, 2007

Kurt Cobain performing - 16

Fabio Diena/Shutterstock

Born: Feb. 20. 1967

Died: Apr. 5, 1994

Freddie Mercury - 17

Steve Wood/Express/Getty Images

Born: Sept. 5, 1946

Died: Nov. 24, 1991

Martin Luther King Jr. - 18

Dick DeMarsico/Library of Congress

Born: Jan. 15, 1929

Died: Apr. 4 1968

Heath Ledger in 2006 - 19

carrie-nelson/Shutterstock

Born: Apr. 4, 1979

Died: Jan. 22, 2008

John Lennon in 1971 - 20

Central Press/Getty Images

Born: Oct. 9, 1940

Died: Dec. 8, 1980

Jimi Hendrix - 21

Evening Standard/Getty Images

Born: Nov. 27, 1942

Died: Sept. 18, 1970

Amy Winehouse - 22

Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock

Born: Sept. 14, 1983

Died: July 23, 2011

Anton Yelchin - 23

Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock

Born: Mar. 11, 1989

Died: June 19, 2016

Sid Vicious performing - 24

Virgin

Born: May 10, 1957

Died: Feb. 2, 1979

Keith Moon - 25

Jack Kay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Born: Aug. 23, 1946

Died: Sept. 7, 1978

Aaliyah in 2000 - 26

Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: Jan. 16, 1979

Died: Aug. 25, 2001

Paul Walker - 27

miguelca/Shutterstock

Born: Sept. 12, 1973

Died: Nov. 30, 2013

Janis Joplin - 28

Archive PL/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Jan. 19, 1943

Died: Oct. 4, 1970

Patrick Swayze - 29

Shutterstock

Born: Aug. 18, 1952

Died: Sept. 14, 2009

Tupac - 30

PictureLux/The Hollywood Archive /Alamy Stock Photo

Born: June 16, 1971

Died: Sept. 13, 1996

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The Notorious B.I.G./YouTube

Born: May 21, 1972

Died: Mar. 9, 1997

Bob Marley in 1976 - 32

Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Feb. 6, 1945

Died: May 11, 1981

Chris Farley in Tommy Boy - 33

Paramount Pictures

Born: Feb. 15, 1964

Died: Dec. 18, 1997

Marilyn Monroe - 34

Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamy Stock Photo

Born: June 1, 1926

Died: Aug. 4, 1962

Buddy Holly in 1970 - 35

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Born: Sept. 7, 1936

Died: Feb. 3, 1959

John Belushi in Animal House - 36

Universal Pictures

Born: Jan. 24, 1949

Died: Mar. 5, 1982

Brittany Murphy - 37

s_bukley/Shutterstock

Born: Nov. 10, 1977

Died: Dec. 20, 2009

Steve Irwin - 38

Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock

Born: Feb. 22, 1962

Died: Sept. 4, 2006

Steve McQueen in The Great Escape - 39

United Artists

Born: Mar. 24, 1930

Died: Nov. 7, 1980

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Tamia

Born: Apr. 2, 1939

Died: Apr. 1, 1984

Cory Monteith - 41

DFree/Shutterstock

Born: May 11, 1982

Died: July 13, 2013

Bruce Lee - 42

GOLDEN HARVEST GROUP/Album/Alamy

Born: Nov. 27, 1940

Died: July 20, 1973

Brandon Lee - 43

Barry King/WireImage

Born: Feb. 1, 1965

Died: Mar. 31, 1993

Alex Trebek in the press room at The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Kodak Theatre on April 28, 2006 in Hollywood, CA. - 44

s_bukley/Shutterstock

Born: July 22, 1940

Died: Nov. 8, 2020

Brad Renfro - 45

Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: July 25, 1982

Died: Jan. 15, 2008

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Sony Legacy

Born: Oct. 3, 1954

Died: Aug. 27, 1990

Sharon Tate - 47

Keystone/Getty Images

Born: Jan. 24, 1943

Died: Aug. 9, 1969

Philip Seymour Hoffman - 48

Andrea Raffin/Shutterstock

Born: July 23, 1967

Died: Feb. 2, 2014

Mitch Hedberg on Conan O'Brien - 49

Team Coco/YouTube

Born: Feb. 24, 1968

Died: Mar. 29, 2005

Michael Jackson - 50

Vicki L. Miller/Shutterstock

Born: Aug. 29, 1958

Died: June 25, 2009

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Rhino/Wea UK

Born: Sept. 9, 1941

Died: Dec. 10, 1967

Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire - 52

Warner Bros/Getty Images

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Bissett - 53

Manna Ceneta/AFP/Getty Images

Born: Apr. 3, 1924

Died: July 1, 2004

Andy Kaufman - 54

NBC

Born: Jan. 17, 1949

Died: May 16, 1984

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Bantam Dell

Born: June 12, 1929

Died: Feb. or Mar. 1945

Sam Cooke - 56

Alamy

Born: Jan. 22, 1931

Died: Dec. 11, 1964

Jeff Buckley performing - 57

Jeff Buckley Music/YouTube

Born: Nov. 17, 1966

Died: May 29, 1997

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One Day Music

Born: May 13, 1941

Died: Feb. 3, 1959

Corey Haim - 59

s_bukley/Shutterstock

Born: Dec. 23, 1971

Died: Mar. 10, 2010

Rita Hayworth in Gilda - 60

Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Born: Oct. 17, 1918

Died: May 14, 1987

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Mercury Nashville

Born: Sept. 17, 1923

Died: Jan. 1, 1953

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ABC Records

Born: Jan. 10, 1943

Died: Sept. 20, 1973

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Blue Note

Born: Sept. 23, 1926

Died: July 17, 1967

Michael Hutchence - 64

Frans Schellekens/Redferns

Born: Jan. 22, 1960

Died: Nov. 22, 1997

John Singleton - 65

Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Born: Jan. 6, 1968

Died: Apr. 28, 2019

Luke Perry - 66

Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 11, 1966

Died: Mar. 4, 2019

Tom Petty - 67

Jack Fordyce/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 20, 1950

Died: Oct. 2, 2017

Jam Master Jay performing - 68

Eros Combo Box/YouTube

Born: Jan. 21, 1965

Died: Oct. 30, 2002

Jayne Mansfield - 69

Album/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Apr. 19, 1933

Died: June 29, 1967

Mac Miller - 70

Jack Fordyce/Shutterstock

Born: Jan. 19, 1992

Died: Sept. 7, 2018

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Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: May 27, 1971

Died: Apr. 25, 2002

Bea Arthur at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2002 - 72

Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: May 13, 1922

Died: Apr. 25, 2009

Lenny Bruce performing - 73

Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Born: Apr. 13, 1925

Died: Aug. 3, 1966

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EMI Latin

Born: April 16, 1971

Died: Mar. 31, 1995

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MCA Nashville

Born: Sept. 8, 1932

Died: Mar. 5, 1963

Prince playing the piano - 76

Alamy

Born: June 7, 1958

Died: Apr. 21, 2016

Gary Coleman - 77

Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock

Born: Feb. 8, 1968

Died: May 28, 2010

Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass - 78

Warner Bros. Pictures

Born: July 20, 1938

Died: Nov. 29, 1981

Cass Elliot performing - 79

Steve Bronson/YouTube

Born: Sept. 19, 1941

Died: July 29, 1974

Karen Carpenter performing - 80

Carpenters/YouTube

Born: Mar. 2, 1950

Died: Feb. 4, 1983

Farrah Fawcett - 81

Allstar Picture Library Ltd./Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Feb. 2, 1947

Died: June 25, 2009

Roberto Clemente - 82

Focus on Sport/Getty Images

Born: Aug. 18, 1934

Died: Dec. 31, 1972

Malcolm X - 83

World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

Born: May 19, 1925

Died: Feb. 21, 1965

James Gandolfini in The Sopranos - 84

Warner Bros. Television Distribution

Born: Sept. 18, 1961

Died: June 19, 2013

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Rhino

Born: Mar. 5, 1958

Died: Mar. 10, 1988

Phil Hartman - 86

Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Born: Sept. 24, 1948

Died: May 28, 1998

David Bowie - 87

Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: Jan. 8, 1947

Died: Jan. 10, 2016

Natalie Cole - 88

Barry King/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Feb. 6, 1950

Died: Dec. 31, 2015

Audrey Hepburn - 89

Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: May 4, 1929

Died: Jan. 20, 1993

George Michael - 90

Sodel Vladyslav/Shutterstock

Born: June 25, 1963

Died: Dec. 25, 2016

Gregory Peck - 91

Alamy

Born: Apr. 5, 1916

Died: June 12, 2003

Judy Garland - 92

Alamy

Born: June 10, 1922

Died: June 22, 1969

Alan Rickman - 93

Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock

Born: Feb. 21, 1946

Died: Jan. 14, 2016

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Polydor

Born: Dec. 8, 1925

Died: May 16, 1990

Grace Kelly - 95

Allstar Picture Library Ltd./Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Nov. 12, 1929

Died: Sep. 14, 1982

Freddie Prinze - 96

Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Born: June 22, 1954

Died: Jan. 29, 1977

Elizabeth Taylor - 97

Hollywood Photo Archive/MediaPunch Inc./Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Feb. 27, 1932

Died: Mar. 23, 2011

Maya Angelou - 98

Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Born: Apr. 4, 1928

Died: May 28, 2014

Adam Yauch - 99

Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images

Born: Aug. 5, 1964

Died: May 4, 2012

David Foster Wallace - 100

PBS

Born: Feb. 21, 1962

Died: Sept. 12, 2008

Dorothy Dandridge - 101

colaimages/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Nov. 9, 1922

Died: Sept. 8, 1965

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